Stornoway
Stornoway is the main town of the Western Isles and also the capital of Lewis as well as Harris in Scotland. The town's population is around 8,000, making it without a doubt the largest town in the Hebrides, as well as the second largest island community in Scotland after Kirkwall in Orkney. The conventional civil parish of Stornoway, that includes numerous close-by towns, has a consolidated population of simply over 10,000. Stornoway is a vital port and also the significant town and also administrative centre of the Outer Hebrides. It is residence to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council) and also a selection of academic, showing off as well as media establishments. Till reasonably lately, awareness of the Christian Sabbath (Sunday) has been connected with hebridean culture. Current modifications mean that Sundays on Lewis now extra very closely look like those on the other Western Isles or on mainland Scotland.